NEURONTIN Reviews (GABAPENTIN)Average Rating: 2.9 (919 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NEURONTIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 2 | anxiety/headaches | drowsy, lack of sex drive | This medicine was incredibly expensive and did absolutely nothing to help me sleep, nor did it relieve any of my headache pain. I kept taking it because my doctor was insistent and I felt desperate for help. It's not for me, but I hope it helps others! Take care & best of luck! | F | 32 | 2 years | 9/6/2007 | 3 | Restless Legs Syndrome | Some spaciness, bloating (alleviated by bromelin and tumeric), constipation. At first I thought I had gained weight, but it was just swelling. | I have gradually updosed to 500 mgs per day. I have experimented with the time I take it. Currently 300 mgs around 7 pm and the balance at bedtime. I still get RLS episodes every night. I find it helpful to elevate my legs and do a modified yoga shoulder stand (to improve circulation) and to wear elastic bandages around my calves. I tried a deep tissue massage (did not help) and will be trying accupuncture soon. | F | 48 | 2 months | 9/4/2007 | 1 | migraine prevention | extreme mood swings of hostile/anger/rage variety and very manic when i have always been the opposite; word recall (i am a writer and avid reader so this was bad); worsening of already bad insomnia and anxiety (dr. swore it would help me sleep...yeah right); zero effect on migraines (i have 3 to 4 level 9 pain scale a week). loss of focus and concentration. if not raging and manic (80% of the time), then i felt like a zombie the other 20% but not enought to sleep | i do not recommend this med. after 10 weeks off the med i still have daily hostility and rage. it is like the med threw a switch in my head that left me permanently in rage mode and the slightest thing can set me off on a verbal tirade for hours. i am not sure it will ever end. insomnia is still bad and at the level it was while still on the med. i also have fibromyalgia and it did zero for any of the fibro pain either. i was hoping to kill 2 birds w/ one stone but both are still flying. | M | 34 | 5 weeks | 8/21/2007 | 5 | Migraines & chronic daily headaches | Dizzyness the first 2 days, since then, none. | I was prescribed 900 mg/day, starting at 100mg, 3xdaily. It worked right away, unexpectedly! So far I have stayed on that dose. No side effects, no increased appetite. Sleep is fine. It sounds silly, but I feel like a new person. After 10 years of headaches and migraines and vomiting etc etc...I have my life back. No painkillers or migraine meds since...It looks like too good to be true. I have not had a migraine free week for the last 10 years. You migraine people: try it at a low dose!! Good luck!! | F | 42 | 8 days | 8/20/2007 | 1 | Restless legs | Lose my train of thought quite often while talking. Cannot remember names of things. Morning sluggishness. 43lbs. weight gain. I cut down from 1600 mg. to 800 mg.slowly. Cut out 400 mg. for about 2-3 months, then cut out next 400. Also Docs don't always look for reasons like B12 deficiency, thyroid problems, or low iron/ferritin absorbtion into red blood cells. Anemia causes restless legs. Your iron test will be normal. My neurologist did a different Ferritin test that most doctors don't know to do. My iron was 12,normal; but my ferritin was 6, almost at transfusion level. Your ferritin is supposed to be 90-120. I am now low normal, a 70. My nexium for acid reflux says it can stop the absorbtion of nutrients! I also take Klonipin/highly addictive, for RLS. I eventually intend to cut them in half and slowly quit them too.! Good Luck everybody! | F | 53 | 5 years | 8/16/2007 | 4 | RLS | Word finding difficulties and now after increasing my dosage several times I get a little groggy in late afternoon but have had to increase dosage over several years as I seem to build up resistance. | I could not take Mirapex or Requip. I had terrible side effects from both. After many years finally getting some sleep. A little concerned about having to increase drug so much. Also taking phenobarbital and clonazapam to get me settled. | F | 74 | 10 years | 8/12/2007 | 1 | Cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis | I became severly depressed 900mg 3x's per day. attempted suiced to also include memory loss, personality disorder GET OFF THIS DRUG AS SOON AS POSSIABLE. This drug should be off the market,the drug company is trying to make money off of this drug knowing side effects. this drug distroyed my life and it will destroy yours! | Tell your doctor of these side effects and contact an attorney! | F | 43 | 2 years | 8/4/2007 | 5 | diabetic neuropothy | M | 47 | 2 years | 8/1/2007 | 3 | alcoholic neuropathy | I was given neurontin while in treatment for substance abuse. My legs, feet & hands were tinglng, numb & painful. I also had balance problems & trouble walking. I drank alcohol for many years then got addicted to opiates(prescription pain killers) after taking as prescribed for years for chronic arthritis. The addictionologist told me this was all due to nerve damage stemming from the substance abuse & that Neurontin would help. I immediately got very bloated & my appetite came back big time. I really haven't gained much weight but my stomach area is huge compared to what it used to be. I have been clean & sober for 79 days thinking that my brain would start to function again instead I'm in a fog, have trouble with words,concentration, etc. I have been taking the drug along with Campral for alcohol cravings. My legs,feet & hands feel the same maybe even weaker then before. My stomach is constantly bloated & gurgling. I have to pee all the time. | didn't think about these things being side effects until I read all your comments. I just thought it was my body having a hard time functioning because of the abuse I have given it. Now I'm scared I will have to go through horrible withdrawels again if I get off this drug. And never will be able to walk normally again or feel good. Its almost worth going back to drugs & alcohol | F | 53 | 3 months | 7/31/2007 | 5 | Peripheral Neuropathy | Inability to find words, somnolence, dizziness, weight gain, mood problems, vision problems-blurry and double vision, increased clumsiness, headaches, difficulty maintaining the thread of thoughts. | The relief of much of my extreme pain is worth all of the side effects, which are significant. I take 1200 4 times a day (a very high dosage) to keep pain to a manageable level. Tried everything else and this is all that helps. On occasion I try to lower the dose and the pain increase reminds me why I put up with all of the problems with the drug. It is the only thing that makes my life livable. | F | 60 | 8 years | 7/27/2007 | 5 | peripheral neuropathy | No side effects experienced at low dosage and excellent pain relief, but increased pain and tremors at higher dosages. | Took neurontin for almost three years for peripheral neuropathy pain caused by a medication reaction, It worked wonders in the beginning, giving me excellent pain relief. However, as time went on I noticed that the pain was increasing, the more I took, the worse the pain became. So I decided to wean off and see how I would do without it. Maybe the neurontin was causing some of the pain. The withdrawal effects were really quite terrible and I had to wean off very slowly over a one month period with the use of xanax to control the tremors and pain of withdrawal. I am now completely off the neurontin and the xanax and feel great. No more pain or any discomfort. No neuropathy symptoms anymore! | F | 3 years | 7/13/2007 | 3 | Cerv. Disc Compression/Herniation | Word loss; difficulty achieving orgasm; wobbly in the middle of the night when waking up; significant appetite increase; significant weight gain; rapid breathing; extreme sleepiness during the day; upper-arm size increase; papules; others | I like that this has helped my excruciating pain. I'm able to sleep at night, rather than having to walk around pacing because I can't find a comfortable position. I take it with naproxen sodium for the inflammation. However, the side effects are terrible. Weight gain is quite significant. It took me two years to take off 105 pounds, going from 255 to 150, and I kept it off from early 2004 until I started taking Gabapentin (gen. Neurontin). I want to find a way to get off of it, so I can get my weight back down! Also, I have always had difficulty achieving orgasm, and this makes it almost nonexistent...sigh. The depression and moodiness and fatigue, combined with all of the above, make it very stressful on a relationship. I'm curious to know if anyone knows if the weight gain reverses itself when the medication is stopped. | F | 43 | 4 weeks | 7/13/2007 | 5 | Bipolar | Sore Throat, Fatigue, Fogginess and difficulty driving, Swelling in Feet, Legs, Ankles, Hands, and Face. Gained 10 pounds first two weeks.... When standing the pain in legs and feet is hard to handle! | F | 46 | 3 weeks | 7/12/2007 | 2 | Anxiety | One 100mg dose produced bad dizziness, nervousness, shaky feeling, and headache. | F | 36 | 1 days | 7/7/2007 | 3 | mood stabilizer | hypomania at first, but better mood, serious weight gain 15 lbs in the last year, never could gain weight before, now my clothes don't fit, severe edema | F | 55 | 1.5 years | 6/30/2007 | 3 | M | 50 | 9 months | 6/21/2007 | 5 | occipital neuralgia | None really except for the first day, I slept till noon. After that I had no sleepiness at all. | Was taking 1800 mg per day for pain, numbness and scalp soreness. It helped immensely and right now am weaning off of it taking 300mg two times daily with no noticeable side effects | F | 54 | 4 months | 6/19/2007 | 3 | Disks: 4-5 Central, 5-1 Collapsed | Male Sexual Disfunction, it did help with greatly with leg pain, but not worth the trade off. Slept very well. | Would have been great if it did not cause "male problems." Kadian (time released morphine) alone does much more help with seemingly no side effects so far. | M | 34 | 7 days | 6/18/2007 | 3 | Some sort of unknown "back pain" | Super Spacey, feeling of not caring. Eyes feel like they are shaking. Feel like I am stoned all the time. I get moody sometimes, but I am not sure that it is the medication and not just my issues. No weight gain but I try to work out alot. I have trouble processing thoughts and telling stories, best to be described as; If I were a train then I would derail constantly. | It is taking care of the pain somewhat. I still feel a slight radiation of pain after I take it, with it increasing thoughout my daily activities. It has been the only thing that has touched the pain so i will continue to take it until the cause is found and then we will go from there... I am just hoping that the mental affect subside from this med... | F | 26 | 4 weeks | 6/16/2007 | 3 | Unspecified neuropathic pain | Extreme difficulty waking up in the morning, grogginess during the day, inability to concentrate for long periods, "spaced out," difficulty getting out the right words, decreased mental sharpness, slow sexual arousal and inability to achieve climax, increased feelings of not caring about things (job, other people's problems, etc). | I began taking this medication after 9 months of absolutely no treatment and lots of tests and visits to specialist to try and make a diagnosis. I suffer from debilitating nerve and muscle pain in the neck and back, with radiating pain in my left arm and occasionally my left leg. One of my best friends is a pharmacist and assured me I would be fine taking this drug. Still no diagnosis, but the neurontin has helped keep the pain somewhat at bay so I can go to work and begin to live life again. After nearly a year, I'm able to work out again. I still experience pain and some days neurontin is not enough. I also take Tramadol and Diazapam for those really bad moments. Although I wish it didn't affect my mental capacity as it does, my biggest concern is the sexual side effects and how that will affect my relationship. Overall though, I'm happy with the drug. | F | 32 | 3 months | 6/14/2007 |